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What impact has the War on Terror had on American policing?

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Research paper thumbnail of If You Build It, They'll Still Come: The US-Mexican "Border Crisis"

Aggressive border discourse transcends the physicality of the border and attaches itself to the v... more Aggressive border discourse transcends the physicality of the border and attaches itself to the very bodies of the policed population. In this sense, the border is a metaphor of belonging, linked to social geographies as much as spatial ones.

Research paper thumbnail of Preemptive Action and Legitimate Self-Defense in the Global War on Terror

For the United States to engage in unilateral armed conflict and cite the right to legitimate sel... more For the United States to engage in unilateral armed conflict and cite the right to legitimate self-defense is a perversion of the normative framework initially designed to govern wars. In the last decade, the United States has underwritten a program of militarized manhunting which is indistinguishable from assassination. As the most powerful military force in the world, the United States must be checked by international governing bodies.

Research paper thumbnail of White Flight to #Tradlife: The Feminine Mystique, White Nationalism, and Meme Culture in the Trump era

Research paper thumbnail of Say Their Names: Filmed Encounters Between Black Americans and the Police

There is a line of reasoning shared by police officials, police unions, legislators, and civil ri... more There is a line of reasoning shared by police officials, police unions, legislators, and civil rights organizers that supposes that videos of the police behaving badly will naturally lead to reform. This is the logic that fuels expensive body camera programs, like the ones implemented by the NYPD, LAPD, and Department of Justice. However, the idea that surveillance in the hands of the state can be somehow emancipatory is laughable. To equate the footage of Rodney King or Eric Garner with footage taken from police cameras is to fundamentally misunderstand the nuance that images express. Existing social vulnerabilities migrate seamlessly into new technologies, and photography’s dominant mode is to reinforce, not resist, existing structures of power.

Research paper thumbnail of If You Build It, They'll Still Come: The US-Mexican "Border Crisis"

Aggressive border discourse transcends the physicality of the border and attaches itself to the v... more Aggressive border discourse transcends the physicality of the border and attaches itself to the very bodies of the policed population. In this sense, the border is a metaphor of belonging, linked to social geographies as much as spatial ones.

Research paper thumbnail of Preemptive Action and Legitimate Self-Defense in the Global War on Terror

For the United States to engage in unilateral armed conflict and cite the right to legitimate sel... more For the United States to engage in unilateral armed conflict and cite the right to legitimate self-defense is a perversion of the normative framework initially designed to govern wars. In the last decade, the United States has underwritten a program of militarized manhunting which is indistinguishable from assassination. As the most powerful military force in the world, the United States must be checked by international governing bodies.

Research paper thumbnail of White Flight to #Tradlife: The Feminine Mystique, White Nationalism, and Meme Culture in the Trump era

Research paper thumbnail of Say Their Names: Filmed Encounters Between Black Americans and the Police

There is a line of reasoning shared by police officials, police unions, legislators, and civil ri... more There is a line of reasoning shared by police officials, police unions, legislators, and civil rights organizers that supposes that videos of the police behaving badly will naturally lead to reform. This is the logic that fuels expensive body camera programs, like the ones implemented by the NYPD, LAPD, and Department of Justice. However, the idea that surveillance in the hands of the state can be somehow emancipatory is laughable. To equate the footage of Rodney King or Eric Garner with footage taken from police cameras is to fundamentally misunderstand the nuance that images express. Existing social vulnerabilities migrate seamlessly into new technologies, and photography’s dominant mode is to reinforce, not resist, existing structures of power.

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